ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,579,458, issued on March 17, was assigned to Universal Quantum Ltd (Brighton, Great Britain).
"Quantum computing" was invented by Richard North (Brighton, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the invention, there is provided a timing system for an ion trap quantum computer comprising a clock outputting a timing signal of period t, a plurality of delay lines coupled to the clock and each configured to input a different delay of less than t and a delay selection mechanism configured to select the delay wherein the delay by each of the delay lines is a different fraction of the period t."
The patent was filed on March...